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Message:: [QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 2765731, member: 85693"]Well put, Bing.  For me too, collecting pleasure levels are connected with price.  I just feel better about a bargain than paying a fair price.  When I was a young collector I would occasionally pay top dollar for something I "had to have" and then just not really find myself enjoying the coin as much as something I got on the cheap.  I can't explain it - but that's how it has worked for me over the years.  Thus my quest for bargain prices on eBay...and a rather scruffy collection (with a few gems I lucked into).  This takes me outside the realm of "serious" collector, I realize. I'm sure winning the Lotto or inheriting a gazillion clams would change my buying habits, but I rather doubt it would make me any happier.  I am willing to find out if anybody wants to make me their heir! As for fantasy coins, I'd love to upgrade my awful RR Marsyas avatar (Denarius of L. Censorinus).  That thing is awful.  Paid $19 for it.  But it is still pretty awful!  Decent ones are available for a couple hundred bucks, but what fun is that?[/QUOTE]